Mike, good god man have you taken leave of your senses!! A commissioned officer...... I bloody well am not, I work for a living
I am actually a Puma crewman. I got from your post that your were an ex herc driver. Im not sure how much exposure you have had to rotary ops but as a crewman we are exposed to a lot more of the piloting side than our fixed wing brethern. Its a result of the good old Puma days of 1 pilot and a crewman. Most Crewmen can and do work out holds, RT calls, Nav, point to point nav, flight planning, read TAPS, operate some of the avionics etc. etc. As a consequence I'm pretty clued up on most "pilot" things and very much doubt there will be many unexpected surprises during flying training. The thing i obviously do lack is "stick time" and the hours that correspond to this.
Heights good